Roraima

 

From Portuguese Roraima, from Pemon Roroimü, from rora (“green, blue, grue”) + -imü (augmentative suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈɹaɪmə/

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• Rhymes: -aɪmə

Roraima

1. a large tepui located at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil
2. A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Boa Vista

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Roraima

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From Pemon Roroimü, from rora (“green, blue, grue”) + -imü (augmentative suffix). Other suggested meanings include "cashew range" and "mother of winds".

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The pronunciation with /ɐj/ is sometimes proscribed. In Roraima, /aj/ is much more common.

Roraima m

1. A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Boa Vista

   Synonym: (abbreviation) RR

• roraimense (demonym)

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}